Researchers have found a way to controllably and reversibly manipulate the electronic properties of a quantum material. This ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for ...

A research team led by Prof. Tian-Bao Ma from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University has proposed a ...

The electronic properties of semiconductors and crystalline materials are central to modern technology, underpinning advances in energy conversion, computing, and sensor applications.

INTRODUCTION: Density functional theory (DFT) is a widely used method for calculating the electronic properties of materials. The method is based on the idea of approximating the many-electron wave ...

It is crucial to understand the electronic properties of materials to advance cutting-edge technologies. However, researchers have faced challenges in imaging certain kinds of materials and in turn, ...

These processes give rise to the material’s electronic transport properties, such as conductivity and resistance, which are exploited in the design of next-generation microelectronics.

The research group of corresponding author Laure Kayser, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in UD’s College of Engineering with a joint appointment in the ...

The electronic properties are also subject to reduced number of available electronic states. We take advantage of different scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to elucidate the local ...

RIKEN researchers have used a transistor device to squeeze potassium ions between the layers of a 2D material, helping to transform it from a semiconductor to a metal, a superconductor, or an ...

Transistor reshapes electronic properties of a 2D material Squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can turn it from a semiconductor into a metal, ...